Shoe-lace holder



A. G. HALL.

SHOE LACE HOLDER.

APPLICATION man APR.8.1919.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

IIIMIIJVIIIIIII WITNESbES fJ ZWW ALFRED GEORGE HALL, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.

SHOE-LACE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.24, 1920.

Application filed April 8, 1919. Serial No. 288,502.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED G. HALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Shoe-Lace Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

It is a well-known fact that considerable difficulty is experienced with properly holding the bow of a shoelace in position. The

bow hangs downward and presents an ap pearance which is not neat,'as well as the detrimental feature that it is liable to come untied at the slightest provocation, and

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which illustrate one practical embodiment of this invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a shoe with my improved device appliedthereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view ofthe backing or anchor plate;

Fig. 3, is a sectional view of such plate with the lace-retaining means applied ther toand T Fig. 4 is a side elevation of such laceretaining means.

In thesefigures indicates the exterior surface of a shoe, adjacent the upper edges and tongue slot of which is mounted a hook-shaped member 2 having its ends extending rearwardly. The hook-shaped member 2 is secured to theshoe 1 by means of an anchor plate 3 which. is provided with prongs 4 and with a, preferably, squared opening 5 into which the squared end 6 of the hookso that it will be practically im-* the reference numeral 1 adjacent its ends V shaped member 2 projects, so that any rotational movement ofthe hook-shaped member 2 with respect, to the plate 3 is prevented,

any movement between the plate 3 andthe shoe surface 1 being eliminated by reason of the prongs 4. The hook-shaped member 2 is provided with an enlarged end or head portlon. 7 for the purpose hereinafter more fully specified.

It will now applied to the shoe 1, as indicated in Fig. 1, the hook members 2 having their enlarged heads 7 projecting rearwardly. The shoelace now has its loops made in theconventional manner, but upon tightening the same by pulling the ends of. the laces, the wearer passes the loops between the hook-shaped portion and the surface 1 of the shoe, so that upon tightening the shoelace rests in the notchlike portion of the hook 2 formed by virtue of the enlarged head 7. It will now be 'seen that the lace is held neatly and any possibility of accidental untying of same is effectually prevented.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A shoelace holder including, in combi nation with a shoe, 9. plate secured to the inner face of such shoe, and a hook having its stem secured to such plate, its body pro jecting through the shoe.

2. A shoelace holder including, in combibe noted that the plate '3 is nation with a shoe, a plate secured to the I inner face of such shoe, and a hook having,

itsstem projecting through such shoe, said plate being provided with a squared central opening, the stem of the hook being squared and adapted to seat within said opening.

3. Ashoelace holderincluding, in combination with a shoe, a plate secured to the vinner-face of such shoe, hooks extending through such shoe and being each'secured to a plate, and prongs integral with such plate and being adapted to project outwardly through the sidewalls of the shoe, whereby to retain the parts in applied position.

ALFRED'GEORGE HALL. 

